KIPPEN
– Joanne Scott is one of the many Huron County landowners and residents who are
preserving topsoil, limiting wind and soil erosion, and keeping creeks, rivers,
and Lake Huron clean with the support of the Huron County Clean Water Project.

Scott
has owned a farm east of Kippen since 1990 when she moved from her family farm
near Ailsa Craig. She has completed about five different tree-planting projects
since acquiring her property.

Huron
County’s Clean Water Project is providing some of the funds for her tree
planting projects this year. This
Huron County resident says trees give added life to the local landscape. She
would likely plant some trees even if there weren’t programs available but she
says the Huron County Clean Water Project is making it possible for her to do
much more planting than she would be able to do otherwise.

“It’s
an excellent program,” she said.

Tree
planting is one of several different types of projects landowners can do to
protect water. In addition to the land and water benefits that trees provide,
Scott said she likes the variety of birds that sit on the branches of her trees
and the fact the trees limit wind and soil erosion and keep her property cool
in summer.

“The
trees reduce erosion and stop the nutrients from leaching into my creek,” she
said. “The tree planting also conserves topsoil and you can’t easily replace
the topsoil if you lose it.”

This
year, Scott’s tree planting projects include planting about half an acre with
hardwoods. Some of her other projects over the years have included the planting
of trees along the fence line. Projects like tree planting have benefits
for her property and local water but trees can improve the look of a property
too.

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